HarperCollins Deletes Israel From School Maps, Atlases

In a move that can only be described as extreme arrogance, HarperCollins, as well as its cartography division, Collins Bartholomew, has decided to delete Israel from its Middle East maps and atlases being sold in schools.

Apparently its own misguided perception of political correctness trumps geography students’ actually learning the facts as they are known.

Before anyone rushes to his local school and demands to examine its supply of atlases, the textbook giant is selling its Israeli-deficient products only to schools located in parts of the Middle East.

“Collins Middle East Atlases show Jordan and Syria extending to the Mediterranean but do mark the position of the West Bank,” The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
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